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glossan
ˈglossan Anglo-Irish. Also 8 glassen, 9 glassin, glashan. [The form glashan represents Gael. glaisean ‘a coal-fish in its second or third year’, f. glas grey; the other forms seem to represent a local Irish *glasán f. the same stem. Cf. glassock.] The coal-fish, Merlangus carbonarius.1780 A. Young T...
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glassock
glassock Sc. local. (ˈglɑːsək, -æ-) [Cf. glossan.] The Coal-fish, Merlangus carbonarius.1793 Statist. Acc. Scotl. VI. 290 In summer, glassocks, or says, are got in great plenty. 1810 Neill List Fishes 7 (Jam.), When a year old, the coal-fish begins to blacken over the gills..and we have then a new s...
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glassen
▪ I. ˈglassen, ˈglazen, a. Obs. exc. dial. and arch. Forms: α. 1 glæsen, 2 glesen, 4–7 glasen, 4–6 glasyn(e, (4 glasun, 6 glasin(g, glason), 7– glazen. β. 5–6 glassin, (6 -yn), 6–7, 9 dial. glassen. [OE. glæsen, f. glæs glass n.1 + -en; OHG. had glesîn:—*glasîno-, but the absence of umlaut in the OE...
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